{"id":489034,"date":"2026-02-21T03:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T03:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/489034\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T03:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T03:14:09","slug":"sweden-wont-let-go-of-canadas-alleged-curling-olympic-cheating-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/489034\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweden won&#8217;t let go of Canada&#8217;s alleged curling Olympic cheating scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s only cheating if you get caught \u2014 and the Swedish aren\u2019t letting Canada slide on this one.<\/p>\n<p>Oskar Eriksson, a curler for Team Sweden, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/13\/sports\/cheating-allegations-rock-canada-sweden-curling-olympics-match\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">accused Canadian rival Marc Kennedy<\/a> of cheating during the 2026 Olympic Games, sparking a global reaction that is still raging.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t react like that if you know you\u2019re not guilty. I don\u2019t think he slept as well that night as I did. If he now chooses to think he did the right thing, he will have to take responsibility for it,\u201d Eriksson told Swedish outlet<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vf.se\/2026\/02\/19\/oskar-eriksson-om-curlingbraket-med-kanada-han-skams-nog-64a3c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">\u00a0V\u00e4rmlands Folkblad<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.45661451;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38555773\" width=\"859\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-niklas-edin-sweden-oskar-121567488.jpg\" alt=\"Niklas Edin and Oskar Eriksson of Sweden during a curling match.\" class=\"wp-image-38555773\"  \/>Niklas Edin [left] of Sweden and Oskar Eriksson [right] had their eyes on Team Canada\u2019s cheating scandal.  REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>Eriksson, 34, called out Kennedy for \u201cdouble-touching\u201d \u2014 touching the stone a second time after it crosses the hog line, which appeared to be confirmed by video that made the rounds on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe hasn\u2019t dared to look in my direction. He\u2019s probably ashamed,\u201d Eriksson added. \u201cMature for a 44-year-old father of two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eriksson called Kennedy out on the ice in a scene that went viral.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApparently, it\u2019s alright touching the rock after the hog line,\u201d Eriksson said during their Feb. 14 round-robin match.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38555779\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/canadas-marc-kennedy-competes-mens-121771363.jpg\" alt=\"Marc Kennedy competes in a men's curling semifinal match at the 2026 Winter Olympics.\" class=\"wp-image-38555779\"  \/>Canada\u2019s Marc Kennedy is at the center of a cheating scandal involving their curling team. AP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can f\u2013k off,\u201d Kennedy retorted. <\/p>\n<p>The Canadian has continued to deny the accusations.<\/p>\n<p>2026 WINTER OLYMPICS<\/p>\n<p>The following day, the Swiss team also <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/15\/sports\/canada-curling-hit-with-second-cheating-accusation-in-olympic-controversy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">accused Team Canada<\/a> of \u201cdouble-touching.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The World Curling Board released a statement on the allegations, saying they do not use video replay to overturn game decisions, while also clarifying that a second touch of the granite after release is now allowed.<\/p>\n<p>If the granite is touched after it crosses the hog line, it results in that stone being removed from play.<\/p>\n<p>Canada is set to face off against Great Britain in the gold medal match on Saturday afternoon, where certainly all eyes will be on them, and the thinnest of touches will be looked at by fans and referees alike. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s only cheating if you get caught \u2014 and the Swedish aren\u2019t letting Canada slide on this one.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489035,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[49,48,4963,82,74436,187713],"class_list":["post-489034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-olympics","tag-sports","tag-winter-olympics","tag-winter-olympics-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}